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Lacecap, mophead or cones
Just from the name alone, I think I would prefer “lacecap” and where Hydrangeas are concerned I prefer the more open lacecap flowers to the large pom poms of the mopheads. When my mother came to live with us she … Continue reading
First and last.
The last of the Day Lilies to flower for me is this one – Canadian Border Patrol – which really is drop dead gorgeous. July colour in the garden has been magnificent, thanks to the daylilies, but their show is … Continue reading
Painting the trees with colour
My favorite time of year for clematis must be July/August time- we seem to have aquired so many- climbing up every available space. Up walls,trees pergola and archways.
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Tagged Durandii, Etoile Violette, lasurstern, Mary Rose, Prince Charles
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Flying Colours
While walking round the garden on sunny days, the flower beds are alive with bees and butterflies, adding their colour and movement to the flowers swaying backwards and forwards in the breeze.
Alpines in the Alps
We have just got back from a few days walking in the mountains of Austria. Fantastic alpine flowers everywhere on the mountain tops- difficult not to walk on them when leaving the path to photograph them. Having just cut back … Continue reading
Gems for a day
Day lilies are starting to flower now, each flower only lasts a day but now that the clumps are getting larger, each clump flowers for about a month. They really like our heavy soil so have collected rather a lot … Continue reading
Subtle scents on the breeze
In June the perfumes in the garden are changing, now Honeysuckle and Mock Orange Blossom arrive on the breeze when you least expect it, early morning and evening are the best times. The perfume always seems much stronger when you … Continue reading
A chance to sit and stare
Today we are able to sit and do nothing, our garden was open last weekend 12/13th June for the N.G.S. and was a great success raising almost £600. The weather couldn’t have been better, lots of lovely people came and … Continue reading
Chasing the elusive blue
About 15 of my Meconopsis have flowered, but the first one came out deep purple, what a disappointment! We have got a few the bright turquoise blue that they should be but the rest were lilac, grey, pink or purple! … Continue reading
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Tagged azaleas, bog, candelabra primulas, ditch, garden, hostas, iris, meconopsis, peony, poppies, rhododendrons, roses, talaton
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Spring brings early blooms — and a molehill invasion
We were away for the whole of January teaching at a mission in Sierra Leone and while we were away the moles had a field day. In the past we have had one or two mole hills which we have … Continue reading
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Tagged bluebells, hellebores, molehills, moles, narcissus, primroses, snowdrops, spring
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